check my build?

[Uryens]

I rolled my bard about 4 years ago and never really got around to playing him much. He is currently in voln but has a hard time killing the undead, so I thought of trying out the Guardian of Sunfist.

Might anyone be able to look over my info and suggest a new build?

Thanks in advance.

Race: Giantman Profession: Bard (shown as: Battlechanter)
Gender: Male Age: 52 Expr: 475465 Level: 20
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 70 (25) ... 70 (25)
Constitution (CON): 69 (19) ... 69 (19)
Dexterity (DEX): 76 (8) ... 76 (8)
Agility (AGI): 76 (8) ... 76 (8)
Discipline (DIS): 79 (14) ... 79 (14)
Aura (AUR): 86 (13) ... 86 (13)
Logic (LOG): 68 (4) ... 68 (4)
Intuition (INT): 71 (10) ... 71 (10)
Wisdom (WIS): 60 (5) ... 60 (5)
Influence (INF): 75 (17) ... 75 (17)

xxxxxxxxxx(at level 20), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 108 26
Shield Use.........................| 96 22
Combat Maneuvers...................| 96 22
Edged Weapons......................| 144 44
Brawling...........................| 96 22
Physical Fitness...................| 96 22
Dodging............................| 96 22
Harness Power......................| 96 22
Perception.........................| 96 22
Climbing...........................| 90 20
Swimming...........................| 50 10

Spell Lists
Bard...............................| 20

[Ignot]

I don't know about bards builds but that avatar is funny.

[Stretch]

Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 108 26
Shield Use.........................| 96 22
Combat Maneuvers...................| 96 22
Edged Weapons......................| 144 44
Brawling...........................| 96 22
Physical Fitness...................| 96 22
Dodging............................| 96 22
Harness Power......................| 96 22
Perception.........................| 96 22
Climbing...........................| 90 20
Swimming...........................| 50 10

Spell Lists
Bard...............................| 20

Drop Dodge.

Drop Shield and Brawl.

Drop Perception.

Switch Edged to Polearm.

Get 20 ranks of Air lore.

Put the rest in spellsongs.

Hunt with sonic HoK until lvl 35.

Reallocate to pure build.

[DaCapn]

Here's my bard so far. Looks like you want your bard to be mostly physical-oriented. Mine is mostly physical so far. Don't know what the story is with brawling, OHE, and shield in your training.


(at level 16), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 78 17
Combat Maneuvers...................| 62 13
Polearm Weapons....................| 130 35
Physical Fitness...................| 78 17
Harness Power......................| 78 17
Mental Mana Control................| 78 17
Elemental Lore - Air...............| 78 17
Mental Lore - Manipulation.........| 10 2
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 70 15
Climbing...........................| 78 17

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 2

Spell Lists
Bard...............................| 16

MMC stops at 24 and I'm done with telepathy until I reach 15 manipulation (in time for 1030). I plan to go 60:42 manipulation:telepathy (as if I will ever cap this character). When I'm done with climbing and MMC, hopefully I can get cmans to full 1x and flesh out MnE more. I also want to make room for MOC (for crying out loud, it's cheaper for bards than rogues), but we'll see when I can get there. With Song of Tonis and 1x air lore, it's certain to be nice. Plus you shouldn't have a hard time finding hunting partners at that point. Group haste? Yes please.

Might want to check here the following thread, as I was given some suggestions on builds (a couple of OHE/shield style bards): http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?t=38078

From what I understand, pure bards are much more powerful than swingers later on. I wanted to go pure originally, but I started to like swinging more as a concept.